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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
By the way, one interesting element of all this is that in order to test in this way, you have to have a consistent national curriculum. Do you think curriculum ought to be a local decision, subject to local control (so, for example, some localities might want to include Canada in their history lessons while others might want to include Mexico)? Or is it time for the national government to be setting curriculum for all schools?
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This assumes a curriculim that moves beyond reading, writing and math. I don't know about the rest of the country, but in California, in many public schools, teaching stuff beyond that is just a pipe dream. So if you are asking if I believe in a national curriculum of reading, writing and basic math, yes I do. Once a student demostrates that they can competantly read and write and do all basic math leading up to Algebra, then they can leave the whole standardized test sytem behind. But until they get to that point they should be given standardized tests.
The problem with our system is not the education of the top kids, it is pumping out tons of students that can't read and write.
